this is really some bull

"There are no FDA-approved medications that are smoked. For one thing, smoking is generally a poor way to deliver medicine. It is difficult to administer safe, regulated dosages of medicines in smoked form. Secondly, the harmful chemicals and carcinogens that are byproducts of smoking create entirely new health problems. There are four times the level of tar in a marijuana cigarette, for example, than in a tobacco cigarette."
(Source: "Medical" Marijuana: The Facts, DEA)

"Smoking marijuana may increase the risk of cancer more than smoking tobacco. Marijuana smoke contains 50% to 70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. It also produces high levels of an enzyme that converts certain hydrocarbons into their carcinogenic form--levels that may accelerate the canges that ultimately produce malignant cells." (Source: NIDA)

"It has been estimated that smoking a cannabis cigarette (containing only herbal cannabis) results in an approximately five-fold greater increase in carboxyhaemoglobin concentration, a three-fold greater increase in the amount of tar inhaled, and a retention in the respiratory tract of one third more tar than smoking a tobacco cigarette."
(Source: British Medical Association)



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hasn't all this stuff been like, proven false???

it says something like that at the bottom of the page too, but they don't sound like they thing it's true...

I wouldn't trust DEA or NIDA publications unless they have citations from reputable sources. The British Medical Association statement is true, however. Joints have more tar (I've heard up to the equivalent of about a pack from a reputable source- Lester Grinspoon), but THC may act as an anti-inflammatory agent that prevents as much damage to the lungs (in the form of cancer, but not bronchitis etc.) as cigarettes.

Yeah like I'm going to smoke 20 joints every day like pack-a-day cigarette smokers... that is total BS.

Also cigarettes are bad for you not so much b/c of the tobacco itself (though it is potentially harmful) but more because of the way it is processed (even "all-natural" cigarettes are processed) to make it more absorbable.

I think that organic unprocessed marijuana is probably equal to organic unprocessed tobacco (though I have no research to back that up), but the marijuana you're going to smoke a lot less of than the tobacco, so it ends up being less harmful to your lungs.

Your brain... that's another story. There is research that says smoking up to five joints a week can benefit your brain, but any more than that, and your memory and attention will be negatively affected.

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Originally Posted by TheSmokingMonkey

Yeah like I'm going to smoke 20 joints every day like pack-a-day cigarette smokers... that is total BS.

Also cigarettes are bad for you not so much b/c of the tobacco itself (though it is potentially harmful) but more because of the way it is processed (even "all-natural" cigarettes are processed) to make it more absorbable.

I think that organic unprocessed marijuana is probably equal to organic unprocessed tobacco (though I have no research to back that up), but the marijuana you're going to smoke a lot less of than the tobacco, so it ends up being less harmful to your lungs.

Your brain... that's another story. There is research that says smoking up to five joints a week can benefit your brain, but any more than that, and your memory and attention will be negatively affected.

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This can lead to cancer, not just of the lungs, but the kidneys and other organs as well.